SF News Day Around the Bay: Students From CSU Campuses Begin Hunger Strike Over Gaza, Defense Ties Students from Cal State campuses began a hunger strike demanding the CSU system continue divesting from defense contractors; an activist is working to prevent payment processors from funding racist campaigns; and a Soviet-era spacecraft is on its way back to Earth after 53 years.
Bay Area Sports Minnesota Fan Ejected After Two Racial Epithets Hurled at Draymond Green During Thursday’s Warriors Game Not one but two Minnesota fans yelled racist remarks at Draymond Green during Thursday's game, one getting ejected and the other high-tailing it out of the arena when security came at him, adding more tension to this playoff series.
SF News BART Says Morning Meltdown Was Due to Isolated Device Malfunction, No Further Problems Anticipated BART officials have been quick to reassure the public that Friday morning's complete and total shutdown of the system, which lasted for five hours, was due to a minor, isolated problem that has been addressed.
SF News New Report Shows Which Companies are Hiring the Most SF Cops, Sometimes Taking Them Off the Regular Beat San Francisco businesses are allowed to hire uniformed SFPD officers to work as private security at an overtime pay rate. As the department claims that it’s short-staffed, here are the companies pulling the cops to work as private security the most.
Arts & Entertainment Netflix Rolling Out New Homepage Design For First Time In 12 Years Next week, Netflix users around the globe will be seeing a new user interface — on television screens at least — the company debuting its first major overhaul of its app's landing page since 2013.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink This Week In Food: New Brazilian Steakhouse Incoming on Polk Pier 39 gets a trendy new beer garden, a North Beach classic makes an unexpected comeback, and Polk Gulch is getting a new Brazilian steakhouse, all in This Week in Food.
SF News SF Public Defender’s Office Says It Will Stop Taking New Cases, Amidst Budget Cuts and Fentanyl Case Overload Maybe you don’t have the right to have a lawyer when arrested in San Francisco these days, as the backlogged SF Public Defender’s Office says they can no longer take cases as Mayor Lurie slashes their budget while jacking up the arrest count.
SF News Residents In Hayes Valley and Near 16th and Mission Complain About Approach to Shuffling Drug Trade Around Gatherings of habitual drug users and dealers that used to occur primarily on Sixth Street and in the Tenderloin have shifted to other neighborhoods thanks to the mayor and SFPD's "cleanup" efforts, and neighbors on one Mission alley are protesting.
Bay Area Sports SF Is Getting a New Pro Soccer Team, and They’ll Play at Kezar Stadium Get ready for the minor-league soccer team Golden City Football Club to take over Kezar Stadium, as it was announced Friday that the new team is coming in 2026 or 2027, along with a $10 million renovation to make Kezar more of a pro sports venue.
SF News Man Dies After Running Into Water After Dog at Ocean Beach A man accompanied by one or two dogs at Ocean Beach died Thursday after trying to rescue one of the dogs from the surf, though it's not clear whether rough waters had anything to do with his injuries.
SF News Friday Morning Constitutional: Ninth Circuit Denies Elizabeth Holmes's Appeal, Again A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit has denied Elizabeth Holmes's request for a rehearing of her appeal; Alphabet stock took a hit this week due to AI competition; and two Supreme Court justices discuss pushing back on the president.
SF News Update: Limited BART Service Returns After Rush Hour Meltdown Due to Computer Issue BART was forced to close all 50 stations in the system Friday morning around 4:30 am due to an issue that was affecting service in the entire system.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Look Out for California Highway Patrol’s New ‘Camouflage’ SUVs A NorCal man was sentenced for running a $38 million stolen catalytic converter ring; A Pinole high school baseball coach was suspended over racist taunts; and CHP hopes to fool reckless drivers with their new ‘camouflage’ SUVs.
SF News Bay Area Catholics So Far Pretty Stoked With New American Pope, Leo XIV After the quick papal selection of the American-born, Chicago native now known as Pope Leo XIV, Bay Area Catholics have expressed hope for the new pope, despite knowing little to nothing about him.
Arts & Entertainment SF Symphony Musicians Set to Protest Their Own Show for Tonight’s ‘Lord of the Rings' Accompaniment The show will still go on for Thursday night’s SF Symphony 'The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers' screening with a live orchestra and chorus, but the symphony’s musicians will be rabble-rousing out front before the show to protest a wage cut.
SF News Tenants of Fillmore District Housing Complex Complain of Unsafe Conditions, Long-Deferred Maintenance Issues Residents at Thomas Paine Square Apartments in the Fillmore say they're dealing with substandard living conditions and a city government that hasn't helped them so far while their landlord ignores their complaints.
SF Politics Mayor Daniel Lurie Announces $37.5M Fund, Raised From Private Donations, to Address Homelessness and Mental Illness SF Mayor Daniel Lurie made good on a campaign promise to tap wealthy donors in order to help the city address two of its most entrenched problems, homelessness and behavioral health.
SF News KGO Radio Host Ronn Owens’s Daughter Indicted Over Fake Pregnancy Claims With Former ‘Bachelor’ Star The bizarre saga of a fake pregnancy that launched a thousand podcast episodes is over, as the daughter of legendary KGO radio host Ronn Owens has been indicted for faking a pregnancy with a guy from ‘The Bachelor’ and lying under oath about it.
SF News SFPD Arrests 21-Year-Old Suspect In Mission District Murder of Teen A suspect was taken into custody Wednesday night in Novato in connection with a murder that occurred last Friday in SF's Mission District.
SF News San Francisco Sees Two Possible Homicides In Two Days A double shooting early Monday left one person dead in SF's southeast, and police are investigating a possible homicide on Laguna Street near Mint Hill.
SF News Outgoing SFPD Chief Bill Scott Already Has Next Gig, as LA Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Chief We’re now learning that SFPD Chief Bill Scott already had his next job lined up when he resigned Wednesday, and he’s heading back to LA to head the newly formed LA Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department.
SF News Warm Thursday Will Give Way to an Even Warmer Weekend Around the Bay You likely saw some morning fog by the coast and in the inland valleys, but there's going to be a significant warmup this afternoon, and a high pressure system will keep us warm through this second weekend in May.
SF News Thursday Morning What's Up: SFMOMA Layoffs Cause Outrage From Union A pedestrian was struck by a train in Suisun City Wednesday night; the SF District Attorney's office wants more money in the city budget, not less; and SFMOMA's sudden layoffs have sparked outrage from the workers' union.
SF News Day Around the Bay: Victims of Two SF Pedestrian Collisions ID'd The victims of two recent pedestrian collisions, one a hit-and-run, in SF have been ID'd as elderly women; Swarovski is leaving the SF Centre mall; and Zoox is building a big car plant in Hayward.
SF News Hey, That Valencia Bike Lane Re-Do Is Finally Finished, With the Bike Lanes Back on the Curb Side Not many people liked the unconventional center-running Valencia Street bike lane the street had for a year and a half, so SF City Hall decided to move the lanes back to the curb. Now the work’s done, and the bike lanes are back on the side of the street.
